Sentences with phrase «anti-isis coalition forces»

«If you're employing bombs, bullets, rockets, or missiles obviously that's rewarding because you know you're impacting the battlefield to help save Coalition forces,» McGraw said.

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the munition landed a few hundred yards from coalition forces and failed to explode.

He added that it was the first known time that pro-Syrian government forces had fired at coalition forces in the area.

Sofge, who stressed coalition forces» efforts to avoid civilian casualties, said the actual process likely takes less time to complete than it does to describe, in part because of the experience they have doing it and because parts of it happen concurrently.

A coalition spokesman told the AP the rules of engagement had been «adjusted» in December, «empowering» more coalition forces «to call in airstrikes without going through a strike cell.»

The Taliban has also been resurgent in Afghanistan in recent months, reclaiming territory that US - coalition forces had long fought to hold.

A few years into the wars, American and coalition forces started to realize the twentieth century military mechanism wasn't going to work against a dangerous, dynamic and vastly decentralized enemy.

The 55th ECG recently eclipsed 10,900 combat sorties and 66,500 flight hours as they provided U.S. and Coalition forces and Joint Commanders a flexible advantage across the spectrum of conflict.

Coalition forces have moved their bases closer to the front, relaxed their rules of engagement and during the push on Mosul airport coalition advisors were embedded with forward Iraqi rapid response and special forces units.

The ship's 5,200 sailors arm, repair, launch and recover seven to 20 Super Hornet fighter jets every day that drop on average 10 bombs each or reconnoiter in support of anti-ISIS coalition forces.

Burning the Koran is the stupidest thing coalition forces could have done.

You don't have to thank me for the service and sacrifice I made or have to agree with me on my view about bombing by coalition forces on civilians and continued military intervention in the middle east, you have the freedom to do that.

Action by our counter parts in Pakistan, by our allies in the US, by our own coalition forces in Afghanistan and of course by agencies here and elsewhere have all made Al Qaeda weaker than at any time since 9/11.

When I was there we weren't being shot at too much because despite what we were being told further up the chain we weren't so stupid as to not go into every village and say «we're not going to touch your poppy» and arguably the upturn in violence against coalition forces came in 2009 and in 2010 when the American marine brigade started saying «oh hang on, weren't we supposed to eradicating poppies?

This is the real background to this summer's Spending Review - living standards falling, growth flatlining, a deficit reduction plan wildly off track and a coalition forced to extend cuts to public services into the next parliament.

Coalition forces conducted 10 strikes in northern, central, and eastern Syria on Sunday, in one of the highest number of raids for the campaign in weeks.

Similarly, in his remarks to the Commons on 20 March 2011, Prime Minister David Cameron argued that coalition forces had a «just cause» to use force.

Last week, the prime minister said that while Coalition forces could launch airstrikes, there were 70,000 moderate troops in Syria who would fight the ground battle.

Does Pakistan have the legal authority to stop the Coalition Forces, from using their current military bases and order all foreign troops to leave the country?

This has reduced the threat to Coalition Forces and the Afghan population.

The tide of the conflict in Afghanistan has turned in favour of coalition forces, Nick Clegg has said on a surprise visit to Helmand province.

His second book, The Prince of the Marshes and Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq, outlines his experiences as deputy governor shortly after coalition forces entered Iraq, and describes his efforts to lead development projects and establish a functional government.

As Iraqi «Chemical» Ali was constantly on television lying about the imminent defeat of Iraq by the Western Coalition Forces, telling Iraqis that the forces of Saddam Hussein were fending off the Coalition Forces whereas the opposite was actually occurring on the ground, so is President «Comical» Mahama doing to Ghanaians.

It would be recalled that the ECOWAS Commission said its coalition force in The Gambia would remain for the next six months, as requested by Barrow.

But there were also several very high - profile retreats, over both last year's Queen's Speech and the Immigration Bill, in both cases seeing the Conservative part of the Coalition forced to allow backbenchers a free vote to avoid massive rebellions.

According to an IEC spokesman, President Hamid Karzai and General David Petraeus, the commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan, reviewed the proposed list of polling stations on Saturday, which led to the electoral body removing an additional 100 stations that the security forces had said were safe.

The Taliban have been able to retreat from coalition forces» grasp into the safe havens of the federally autonomous tribal regions in mountainous border areas.

This afternoon he mapped out a bleak landscape in his spending review, but the Chancellor was keen to tell MPs that Waterloo would be restored in time for the 200th anniversary of Wellington's famous victory to mark «a great victory of coalition forces over a discredited former regime that impoverished millions».

The Pakistani president called on coalition forces in Afghanistan to do more to improve monitoring and policing on the Afghan - Pakistani border.

After incumbent president Hamid Karzai accepted the need for a second round yesterday coalition forces are contemplating preparing a second round of voting to take place on November 7th, less than three weeks away.

Mr Brown focused on the mountainous border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan where the Taliban hold «safe havens» against coalition forces.

Having met with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al - Maliki in Baghdad the day before Mr Hutton travelled to the country's second city, Basra, where British troops have been stationed since coalition forces ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003.

A signal of commitment would be accompanied by an increase in coalition forces, which would enable growth in indigenous security forces.

Tony Benn has called on coalition forces to enter peace negotiations with the Taliban at a protest against the war in central London.

The new game, which allows the player to take the role of either a coalition forces or Taliban fighter in Afghanistan, has already prompted anger in the United States and is set to prompt further controversy when it is released here in October.

After David Cameron revealed he would «make the case» for the UK to join coalition forces carrying out airstrikes over the country, Mr Fallon said Western troops would «categorically» not be sent in.

International coalition forces accounted for about 40 percent of plastic surgery cases, Afghan National Security Forces for 20 percent, and civilians for the remaining 40 percent.

Coalition forces have spent about $ 2 billion since 2006 to train soldiers stationed worldwide about IEDs, according to Oates.

John Eldridge said: «Botulism toxin was considered by coalition forces to be a viable threat during the Gulf War.

«Captain America: Civil War» has screened for critics (our review arrives tomorrow, so keep a look out), and Marvel and its various heads, producers, writers and artistic coalition forces have been doing interviews for the film and various pieces of news are flying fast and furious.

While in many families it would be big news if one member was to up and visit one of the most dangerous places on earth - a place where Mom had previously been shot at (though she always said they were shooting at the tires, not at her), where she had met with the military leader Ahmed Shah Massoud (who was later assassinated by two suicide bombers), where the Taliban still controlled much of the country, and where more than two hundred members of the U.S. and Coalition forces would die before the year was out - for our family it was business as usual.

It's even possible to make commentary about the legitimacy of Coalition forces occupying Iraq and Afghanistan by abstracting elements of these nations into a single imagined one.

In a time of unthinkable hardships, Reyes must lead the remnants of coalition forces against a relentless foe in a war that spans our solar system.

Team Assault is your standard team deathmatch with Coalition forces facing off against the Taliban.

I found Gaalsien units faster and more maneuverable with slow auto - repair features, despite that, the Coalition forces seemed stronger and more resilient, winning almost every encounter between the two.

Installation view of a photograph illustrating that the dishware in Rakowitz's Spoils was looted from Saddam Hussein's palaces after they were destroyed by coalition forces.

Players take the role of Captain Reyes via the Retribution, one of Earth's last remaining warships — ultimately leading coalition force remnants against a relentless enemy across the vast expanse of our solar system beyond Earth.

Analyzed programs and plans of Coalition Forces and Afghan Forces to determine potential conflict with other ongoing operations and policies.

Performed security operations to ensure safety of fellow U.S. coalition forces at a rural combat outpost during deployment and controlled incoming and outgoing traffic at entry control points for the entire base.

As Billeting Coordinator that assisted in Operation Iraqi Freedom with military troops in Iraq, monitored temporary or permanent living quarters for U.S. Military troops, Coalition forces and other civilian contractors.